| A | B |
| theme of book | pacifism |
| number killed in WWI | 9 million |
| this event delayed publication | Pearl Harbor |
| the narrator | Joe Bonham |
| Kareen | his girlfriend |
| author | Dalton Trumbo |
| genre | fiction |
| he imagined this while the nurse dressed his wound | rat knawing at him |
| he first realized this disability | deafness |
| the nurse traced this on his chest | Merry Christmas |
| his only means of communication | S.O.S. |
| his ringing ears remind him of this | his father's death |
| he grew up here | Shale City, Colorado |
| outside visitors did this | pinned a medal on him |
| bizarre first question asked of him | "What do you want?" |
| what the narrator wanted | to be used as an exhibit |
| his family later moved here | Los Angeles, California |